Re: aliterature
Luke Seemann (lukeseem@stardot.com)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 02:16:52 -0600 (MDT)
>
> "Alliterate" is a verb. Used as an adjective, it becomes
> "alliterative," and it describes words that alliterate. The L's in
> "alliterate" and "dullard" are alliterative, as are the D's in
> "dullard." "Aliterate," with one L, is not an English word, though it
> might be used to connote "non" instead of "il" with the word "literate."
Well, we're both wrong. Courtesy of www.m-w.com:
Main Entry: alit.er.a.cy
Pronunciation: "A-'li-t&r-&-"sE, &-'
Function: noun
Date: 1984
: the quality or state of being able to read but uninterested in doing so
- alit.er.ate /-'li-t&r-&t/ adjective or noun
I'll go clean that up right now.
> I thought there might be other letters from the legal people--perhaps
> ones that, for whatever reason, you had to leave out of the exchange.
> Portions of your second letter seem to suggest that you specifically
> heard that Salinger himself wanted the Holden Server shut down, but the
> brief interdiction from Byrne doesn't exactly say so. Was there not
> even so much as an acknowledgment of your second letter? Sort of makes
> the Ober side even more pathetic.
No acknowledgement, though a few months later I did send him a brief "So,
you changed your mind yet?" to which he replied with a brief "no."
L.
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